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Created in the Age of Dreams, the Device of Time Journeying is a powerful artifact that can allow the original races, human, ogre or elf to travel through time with the purpose of observation only. That was until Tasslehoff Burrfoot got a hold of it. Let’s learn all about the Device of Time Journeying.

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Transcript

Could there be anything more dangerous than a Kender with a time traveling device… Talk about wanderlust on steroids!

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to discuss the Device of Time Journeying. I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing the sourcebooks Dragonlance Adventures, Legends of the Twins, and the Age of Mortals including the Legends and War of Souls Trilogies of novels for this information. If I miss anything or misspeak, please leave a comment below.

Discussion

It is impossible to discuss the Device of Time Journeying without talking about the River of Time, but I am going to do my best to on focusing on the artifact, how it was used, and how it may be used in the upcoming novel, Dragons of Deceit. The Device of Time Journeying first appeared in the novel Time of the Twins. The set up is as follows: Raistlin Majere is being spied on by his apprentice Dalamar the Dark. Raistlin tells Dalamar that he is traveling back in time to destroy Fistandantilus and enter the Portal to the Abyss to challenge the Queen of Darkness. In order to prevent this, Par-Salien sends Caramon back in time in the hopes that he will stop his twin. Par-Salien gives him the Device of Time Journeying, and instructs him in its use to get back to his correct time. When Par-Salien sends Caramon back, Tasslehoff jumps in as a mouse, transformed by a magic ring. Par-Salien freaks out for one very important reason. Time travel is only supposed to work with the races the gods created on Krynn: Elves, Ogres and Humans. The races created from the Greystone were aberrant and born out of Chaos. If Chaos enters the River of Time, there is no telling what could happen!

This fear is echoed in the past when Raistlin discovers Tas and is worried that he will undo everything he is planning simply by existing in this time. He tells Tas how to use the device incorrectly with the intention of disassembling it, which Tas did! The next thing Tas knew, Raistlin, Caramon and Crysania were traveling through time and he was stuck as the Cataclysm hit Istar. He awoke in the Abyss, and after visiting the Queen of Darkness, she allowed Gnimsh to show up and repair the device so he and Tas can escape the Abyss, with the intention of killing off Raistlin as Fistandantilus was killed. This is a pivotal moment for the device, as it began with the ability to teleport a single person with its use, and ended up being able to teleport multiple people. Gnimsh is known as the only Gnome to successfully tinker. This isn’t the only time Takhisis used a Gnome to repair the device, but it isn’t time for that story yet. 

You see, the River of Time is not able to be changed by the machinations of a single individual,